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Poems (Version 2)

The English poet Wilfred Owen was killed on 4th November 1918 just seven days before the Armistice which ended the First World War. This book, published in 1920 and edited by his friend Siegfried Sassoon, contains his best known poems.

The poems were not well received initially because they did not fit with the mood of triumphalism after the war. But they have latterly come to be considered one of the most significant collections of war poetry of the 20th century both for their alternative view of war ("the pity of war") and for their technical innovation.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Year of Publication: 1920Genres: Single author

Running Time: 01 hour 05 minutes 41 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface Alan Mapstone	1:40
2	Strange Meeting Alan Mapstone	3:50
3	Greater Love Alan Mapstone	1:55
4	Apologia pro poemate Meo Alan Mapstone	3:06
5	The Show Alan Mapstone	2:51
6	Mental Cases Alan Mapstone	2:38
7	Parable of the Old Men and the Young Alan Mapstone	1:32
8	Arms and the Boy Alan Mapstone	1:20
9	Anthem for Doomed Youth Alan Mapstone	1:29
10	The Send-off Alan Mapstone	1:37
11	Insensibility Alan Mapstone	3:55
12	Dulce et Decorum Est Alan Mapstone	2:33
13	The Sentry Alan Mapstone	3:25
14	The Dead-Beat Alan Mapstone	1:54
15	Exposure Alan Mapstone	4:08
16	Spring Offensive Alan Mapstone	4:09
17	The Chances Alan Mapstone	1:39
18	S. I. W. Alan Mapstone	3:26
19	Futility Alan Mapstone	1:11
20	Smile, Smile, Smile Alan Mapstone	2:22
21	Conscious Alan Mapstone	1:31
22	A Terre Alan Mapstone	5:38
23	Wild with all Regrets Alan Mapstone	3:44
24	Disabled Alan Mapstone	4:08